The president of the Chamber of Deputies of Paraguay is the presiding officer in the Paraguayan lower house. The president is elected by the Chamber of Deputies of Paraguay for a one-year term.
Chamber of Representatives 1870-1940 Name Took office Left office NotesHiginio Uriarte27 February 18719 March 1871Juan Antonio Jara9 March 187111 March 1871Higinio Uriarte / Antonio Taboada16 March 1871Higinio Uriarte11 March 187122 March 1871Juan Antonio Jara22 March 187124 March 1871Higinio Uriarte / Juan Antonio Jara24 March 1871Juan Antonio Jara13 April 187115 April 1871Higinio Uriarte 15 April 187120 May 1871Juan Antonio Jara20 May 187120 May 1871Higinio Uriarte 22 May 187129 May 1871Juan Antonio Jara29 May 18717 June 1871Higinio Uriarte 7 June 18719 October 1871Juan Antonio Jara9 October 18714 December 1871Higinio Uriarte 4 December 187112 December 1871Emilio Gill 12 December 187121 December 1871Higinio Uriarte 21 December 187126 December 1871Emilio Gill26 December 187128 December 1871Higinio Uriarte 28 December 187118 January 1872Emilio Gill 18 January 187227 January 1872Higinio Uriarte 27 January 187214 February 1872Juan Bautista Gill 14 February 187229 February 1872Pedro Antonio Báez29 February 18722 April 1872Higinio Uriarte2 April 18729 July 1872Pedro Antonio Báez9 July 187213 July 1872Higinio Uriarte13 July 187223 September 1872Pedro Antonio Báez23 September 187226 September 1872Higinio Uriarte26 September 18724 October 1872Pedro Antonio Báez4 October 18727 October 1872Eduardo Estigarribia7 October 18728 October 1872Pedro Antonio Báez8 October 187210 October 1872Eduardo Estigarribia10 October 187212 October 1872Higinio Uriarte12 October 187218 October 1872Pedro Antonio Báez18 October 187222 October 1872Higinio Uriarte22 October 187226 October 1872Pedro Antonio Báez26 October 187230 October 1872Higinio Uriarte30 October 187231 March 1873Pedro N. Oscariz1 April 187330 May 1873Bernardo Ferriol30 May 18739 July 1873Pedro N. Oscariz9 July 187321 March 1874Félix de los Ríos21 March 18741 April 1874José Villagra1 April 18748 April 1874Pedro N. Oscariz8 April 187429 May 1874José Villagra29 May 18741 June 1874Pedro N. Oscariz1 June 18743 August 1874Martín Velilla3 August 18745 August 1874Pedro N. Oscariz5 August 187420 March 1875Juan G. Alvarenga20 March 1875 30 March 1875José del Rosario Miranda30 March 187531 May 1875Félix Rios31 May 187511 June 1875José del Rosario Miranda11 June 18756 October 1875Zacarías Samaniego6 October 187521 October 1875José del Rosario Miranda21 October 18754 April 1876Juan Guanes4 April 18767 June 1876Gaspar Centurión7 June 18769 June 1876Juan Guanes9 June 187619 July 1876Juan Antonio Jara19 July 187622 July 1876Juan Guanes22 July 187620 January 1877Juan Antonio Jara20 January 187723 April 1877Adolfo Saguier23 April 187725 April 1877Juan Antonio Jara25 April 18774 May 1877Adolfo Saguier4 May 187711 May 1877Juan Antonio Jara11 May 187718 Junio 1877Otoniel Peña18 Junio 187720 Junio 1877Juan Antonio Jara20 Junio 18774 July 1877Adolfo Saguier4 July 187711 May 1877José del Rosario Miranda7 July 187720 January 1879Otoniel Peña20 January 187926 January 1879Otoniel Peña20 January 187926 January 1879Miguel Haedo26 January 18791 April 1879Manuel Solalinde1 April 18797 April 1879Miguel Haedo7 April 187921 April 1879Manuel Solalinde21 April 187925 April 1879Miguel Haedo25 April 187928 April 1879Manuel Solalinde28 April 187912 May 1879José del Rosario Miranda12 May 187921 May 1879Miguel Haedo21 May 18792 June 1879Manuel Solalinde2 June 18796 June 1879Miguel Haedo6 June 18799 June 1879Manuel Solalinde9 June 187913 June 1879Miguel Haedo13 June 187923 June 1879Manuel Solalinde23 June 187925 June 1879Miguel Haedo25 June 187930 June 1879Manuel Solalinde30 June 18794 July 1879Zacarías Samaniego4 July 18799 July 1879Manuel Solalinde9 July 187911 July 1879Miguel Haedo11 July 187916 July 1879Manuel Solalinde16 July 187928 July 1879Miguel Haedo28 July 187930 July 1879Manuel Solalinde1 August 18794 August 1879Miguel Haedo4 August 18798 August 1879Manuel Solalinde8 August 187913 August 1879Miguel Haedo13 August 187918 August 1879Manuel Solalinde18 August 187921 August 1879Zacarías Samaniego21 August 187922 August 1879Manuel Solalinde22 August 187928 August 1879Juan Gualberto González28 August 187912 April 1880Felipe Torrents12 April 188014 April 1880Juan Gualberto González14 April 188016 April 1880Felipe Torrents16 April 188021 April 1880Juan Gualberto González21 April 18803 May 1880Manuel Solalinde3 May 18805 May 1880Juan Gualberto González5 May 188010 May 1880Felipe Torrents10 May 188017 May 1880Juan Gualberto González17 May 188016 June 1880Felipe Torrents16 June 188018 June 1880Juan Gualberto González18 June 188030 June 1880Manuel Solalinde30 June 18802 July 1880Juan Gualberto González2 July 188011 August 1880Felipe Torrents11 August 188016 August 1880Juan Gualberto González16 August 1880?Manuel Solalinde? - April 1882October 1883Antonio TaboadaOctober 1883November 1883Gaspar CenturionNovember 1883November 1883 - ?José Tomás Sosa? - April 1884March 1886 - ?Zacarías Samaniego? - April 1886June 1886 - ?Claudio Gorostiaga? - August 1886August 1886 - ?Juan Gualberto González? - April 1890September 1890 - ?Zacarías Samaniego? - October 1890January 1891 - ?Andrés Héctor Carvallo? - April 1891October 1892 - ?Rufino Mazó? - May 1893October 1894 - ?Eduardo P. Fleytas? - December 1894October 1896 - ?Fernando Viera? - May 1897August 1897 - ?C. Rodolfo Saguier? - June 1898December 1898 - ?Rufino Mazó? - April 1899February 1900 - ?José Emilio Perez? - April 1900December 1902 - ?Carlos L. Isasi? - April 1903April 1903Rufino MazóApril 1903October 1903 - ?Pedro Miranda? - April 1904January 1905 - ?Carlos L. Isasi? - April 1905December 1905 - ?Pedro P. Caballero / Pedro Miranda? - April 1906November 1906 - ?Pedro P. Caballero / José Tomas Legal? - May 1907May 1908 - ?José Tomas Legal? - May 1908July 1908 - ?Ramón Lara Castro? - January 1909December 1909 - ?Eusebio Ayala? - December 1909December 1909 - ?Eligio Ayala? - April 1910December 1910 - ?Ramón Lara Castro? - February 1911February 1911 - ?Antolín Irala? - May 1911October 1911 - ?César C. Samaniego? - January 1912January 1912 - ?Carlos L. Isasi? - August 1912August 1912Víctor Abente HaedoAugust 1912January 1917 - ?Ernesto Velázquez? - May 1917October 1917 - ?José Patricio Guggiari? - April 1918November 1918 - ?Rogelio Ibarra? - May 1919January 1920 - ?Rómulo Goiburú? - April 1920October 1921 - ?Enrique Ayala? - May 1922June 1922 - ?Venancio B. Galeano? - August 1922August 1922 - ?Enrique Bordenave? - October 1923November 1923José Patricio GuggiariNovember 1923December 1923 - ?Manuel Peña Rojas? - April 1924May 1924 - ?José Patricio Guggiari? - June 1924January 1927 - ?Gerónimo Riart? - January 1928January 1929 - ?Raúl Casal Ribeiro? - May 1929September 1930 - ?Juan Carlos Garcete? - April 1931March 1933 - ?Gerónimo Riart? - April 1933July 1935 - ?Horacio A. Fernández? - February 1939August 1939 - ?Alejandro Marin Iglesias? - October 1939February 1940
Cámara de Representantes 1940-1968 Name Took office Left office NotesManuel Talavera? - August 1948December 1948Hermenegildo OlmedoDecember 1948January 1949 - ?Federico ChavesApril 1949September 1949Evaristo Zacarias Arza? - June 1951September 1951 - ?Raúl Peña del Molino Torres? - June 1952September 1953 - ?Pastor C. Filártiga? - July 1954January 1957 - ?Evaristo Zacarias Arza? - May 1957January 1958 - ?Juan Eulogio Estigarribia? - May 1958March 1968 - ?
Chamber of Deputies since 1968 Name Took office Left office NotesJulián Augusto Saldívar? - August 1968December 1977 - ?Juan Esteche Fanego? - March 1978March 1978 - ?Julián Augusto Saldívar? - May 1978November 1978Luis María ArgañaNovember 1978November 1978 - ?Julián Augusto Saldívar? - December 1978October 1986 - ?Luis Martínez Miltos? - June 1987December 1988 - ?Miguel Ángel Aquino19891990José Antonio Moreno Ruffinelli199019933 termsFrancisco José de Vargas19931994 Atilio Martínez Casado19941995Juan Carlos Ramírez Montalbetti19951996Atilio Martínez Casado199619982 termsWalter Hugo Bower Montalto19981999Efraín Alegre19992000Cándido Vera Bejarano20002001Juan Darío Monges Espínola20012002Oscar Alberto González Daher20022003Benjamín Maciel Pasotti20032004Oscar Rubén Salomón Fernández20042005Víctor Alcides Bogado González200520072 termsOscar Rubén Salomón Fernández20072008Enrique Salyn Buzarquis Cáceres20082010Víctor Alcides Bogado GonzálezJune 2010June 20133 termsJuan Bartolome RamírezJune 2013June 20141 term Hugo Velázquez Moreno1 July 201430 June 20184 termsMiguel Cuevas Ruíz Díaz1 July 201830 June 20191 term Pedro Alliana1 July 201930 June 20223 terms Carlos María López1 July 202230 June 20231 termRaúl Luís Latorre1 July 2023Present
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